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Redundant Operation of a Parallel AC to DC Converter via a Serial Communication Bus

  • Kanthaphayao, Yutthana (Dept. of Electrical Eng., King Mongkut's University of Technology North Bangkok) ;
  • Kamnarn, Uthen (Dept. of Electrical Eng., Rajamangala University of Technology Lanna) ;
  • Chunkag, Viboon (Dept. of Electrical Eng., King Mongkut's University of Technology North Bangkok)
  • Received : 2010.09.23
  • Published : 2011.07.20
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Abstract

The redundant operation of a parallel AC to DC converter via a serial communication bus is presented. The proposed system consists of three isolated CUK power factor correction modules. The controller for each converter is a dsPIC30F6010 microcontroller while a RS485 communication bus and the clock signal are used for synchronizing the data communication. The control strategy of the redundant operation relies on the communication of information among each of the modules, which communicate via a RS485 serial bus. This information is received from the communication checks of the converter module connected to the system to share the load current. Performance evaluations were conducted through experimentation on a three-module parallel-connected prototype, with a 578W load and a -48V dc output voltage. The proposed system has achieved the following: the current sharing is quite good, both the transient response and the steady state. The converter modules can perform the current sharing immediately, when a fault is found in another converter module. In addition, the transient response occurs in the system, and the output voltages are at their minimum overshoot and undershoot. Finally, the proposed system has a relatively simple implementation for the redundant operation.

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